Really wanted to like 'Body at Brighton Rock' much more. Absolutely loved the concept, yes as one can tell good concept for films and television really do draw me in and it makes it hard to not expect a lot. The poster/cover for the film was quite appetising as well, those two things are two frequent reasons for wanting to watch something. Them and talented casts, when there is one or more actor/actress that more often than not leave a big impression on me in a good way.
After seeing 'Body at Brighton Rock' when it appeared as a recommendation (having seen a fair of low budget horrors and thrillers lately for completest sake), count me as another person who was very unimpressed by it. Was really hoping that it would be one of the few exceptions of films etc seen recently that actually lived up to their potential and exceeded them, but once again good potential is wasted and it is hard to not feel frustrated.
'Body at Brighton Rock' is not without marginal redeeming value. The scenery is both beautiful and atmospheric.
That cannot be said for the rest of the production values though, which had a constant rushed and chaotic look. The same can be said for the direction visually and dramatically it is not much better, pretty sluggish. The music does not add to the atmosphere at all, actually think it could have been used much less and been much more subtle because this was over-bearing stuff that didn't fit.
What there is of the dialogue is nothing to write home about, sounding like it was written in haste with no checking to see whether it flowed or made sense and that it was written with no heart. The story feels like one for a short film stretched to feature length, which severely hurt the momentum and made the film feel uneventful and padded. Tension is zero, sense is zero and surprises are zero.
Far too much familiar ground here executed very blandly. Wasn't interested or engaged by any of the characters, all of whom were sketchy and with a lot of illogical behaviour going on. The acting is not much better before, with a good deal of over-compensating.
Concluding, have seen worse but this didn't work at all. 2/10
After seeing 'Body at Brighton Rock' when it appeared as a recommendation (having seen a fair of low budget horrors and thrillers lately for completest sake), count me as another person who was very unimpressed by it. Was really hoping that it would be one of the few exceptions of films etc seen recently that actually lived up to their potential and exceeded them, but once again good potential is wasted and it is hard to not feel frustrated.
'Body at Brighton Rock' is not without marginal redeeming value. The scenery is both beautiful and atmospheric.
That cannot be said for the rest of the production values though, which had a constant rushed and chaotic look. The same can be said for the direction visually and dramatically it is not much better, pretty sluggish. The music does not add to the atmosphere at all, actually think it could have been used much less and been much more subtle because this was over-bearing stuff that didn't fit.
What there is of the dialogue is nothing to write home about, sounding like it was written in haste with no checking to see whether it flowed or made sense and that it was written with no heart. The story feels like one for a short film stretched to feature length, which severely hurt the momentum and made the film feel uneventful and padded. Tension is zero, sense is zero and surprises are zero.
Far too much familiar ground here executed very blandly. Wasn't interested or engaged by any of the characters, all of whom were sketchy and with a lot of illogical behaviour going on. The acting is not much better before, with a good deal of over-compensating.
Concluding, have seen worse but this didn't work at all. 2/10